Cabinet for boots and shoes



(No Model.)

W. BENTON.

GABINET FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

No. 332,238. Patented Dec. 15, 1885..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'HITLEY DENTON, OF LITTLE FALLS, NEIV YORK.

CABINET FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

EPBCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,238, dated December 15, 1885.

Application filed September 21, 1885. Serial No. 177,683. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WHITLEY DENTON, of Little Falls, in the county of Herkiiner, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cabinets for Boots and Shoes, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa full, clear, and exact description.

In every properly-conducted house the disposal of overshoes or rubbers, especially when wet and soiled, is a source of much annoyance, and hitherto said articles in many cases had to be left outdoors to avoid carrying the wet and soil into the house.

The object of my invent-ionis to obviate the aforesaid annoyance; and to that end my invention consists of the novel, simple, and convenient receptacle for overshoes and rubbers, as hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure I is aperspective view of a case or cabinet embodying my invention. Fig. II is a perspective view of the rack or frame supporting the shelves on which to deposit the shoes or rubbers, and Fig. III is a vertical transverse section taken through the center of the aforesaid cabinet.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a case or cabinet, and d designates a metallic frame, which is fitted removably in the said cabinet, and has affixed to it brackets e e, on which are mounted removable shelves a a, composed, preferably, of galvanized iron. These shelves constitute the re ceptacles for the overshoes and rubbers, and are supported inclining and provided on their lower edge with a gutter, c, the other edges of the shelves being provided with upturned marginal flanges b b b, to guard against dripping of the water from the shelves, the water being conducted from the overshoes or rubbers to the gutter cby the inclination of the shelves. The shelves can be removed from the cabinet whenever it becomes necessary to empty the gutters or clean the shelves.

The frame d, with the shelves a, constitutes a rack, which may be used without the case A, and may also be applied to the base of a hatrack or hall-tree.

Having described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination, with the case A, of the metallic frame d, arranged in said case removably therefrom, and the shelves a, supported inclining in said frame, and each formed with the gutter 0 on its lower edge, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination of the case A, the me tallic frame (I in said case, and the shelves (1, arranged removably and inclining in said frame, and formed with marginal flanges b, and with gutters c at their lowest edges, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 1st day of September, 1885.

WVHITLEY DENTON. [L. s]

Vitnesses:

FREDERICK H. Guns, 0. BENDIXON. 

